A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other and may […]
chemistry
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Meteorites & Asteroids, Press Release
Isotope Research Shows That Our Solar System Formed From “Poorly Mixed Cake Batter”
Earth’s potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Carnegie’s Nicole Nie and Da Wang.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Status Report
Clouds Of Theseus: long-lived Molecular Clouds Are Composed Of Short-lived H2 Molecules
We use passive gas tracer particles in an Arepo simulation of a dwarf spiral galaxy to relate the Lagrangian evolution of star-forming gas parcels and their H2 molecules to the […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Status Report
Protobiotic Network Reproducers Are Compositional Attractors: Enhanced Probability for Life’s Origin
The origin of life must have involved an unlikely transition from chaotic chemistry to reproducing supramolecular structures.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release, Venus
Venus, Phosphine, And The Possibility Of Life
The search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the central aims of science in the 21st century.
Posted inBiophysics, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Mimicking Life: A Breakthrough In Non-living Materials
Researchers at the Eelkema Lab have discovered a new process that uses fuel to control non-living materials, similar to what living cells do.
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Callisto, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Callisto’s Atmosphere: First Evidence For H2 And Constraints On H2O
We explore the parameter space for the contribution to Callisto’s H corona observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (Roth et al. 2017a) from sublimated H2O and radiolytically produced H2 using […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Press Release, Titan
Molecular Structure, Dynamics, and Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Acetylene:Ammonia (1:1) Plastic Co-Crystal at Titan Conditions
The Saturnian moon Titan has a thick, organic-rich atmosphere, and condensed phases of small organic molecules are anticipated to be stable on its surface.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Press Release
Energetic Electron Irradiations of Amorphous and Crystalline Sulphur-Bearing Astrochemical Ices
Laboratory experiments have confirmed that the radiolytic decay rate of astrochemical ice analogues is dependent upon the solid phase of the target ice, with some crystalline molecular ices being more […]
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Polyester Chemistry Highlights Possible Role Of Microdroplets In Ihe Origin Of Life
Scientists have long been fascinated with the origin of life on Earth, namely the transition from simple pre-biotic organic molecules to living cell systems.